Disaster at Laiyi Surpasses that of Morakot

Typhoon Fanabi ravaged Laiyi Village in Pingtung County with torrential rain sparing very few from it’s trail of destruction, washing away the main road and submerging almost all homes and dwellings in the area up to the first floor including Laiyi Elementary School. A local villager recounted, ‘ It was more sever than Typhoon Morakot”.  Fortunately as early as Saturday the 18th villagers decided to flee to the nearby Laiyi Senior High School for safety, and as a result there were no fatalities. Villagers are however now asking questions surrounding the impotence of the village dike to protect them and have been left with no option but to conclude that there must have been design problems. The villagers, who are mainly Paiwan aboriginals, stood holding back the tears, left speechless by the destruction they beheld, their beloved homeland once more pillaged by a monster of destruction.

Disaster at Laiyi Surpasses that of Morakot (by CJ mengling )
URL: http://www.peopo.org/news/60502

(以下是中文對照)

來義災情-比莫拉克還嚴重 (公民記者 風翦樹(mengling) 報導)
URL:http://www.peopo.org/news/60502

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凡那比颱風夾帶豪雨侵襲，屏東縣來義鄉來義村，幾乎全部遭殃，土石淹埋將近一層樓的高度，其中還包括了來義國小內社分校，連外道路也遭洪水沖毀。當地族人說：「比莫拉克還要嚴重。」所幸村民早在18日時就撤村到來義高中避難，並無造成人員傷亡。但村民不禁想問，為何要興建毫無防禦力的臨時土堤，也質疑在工程在設計上根本就有問題。面對又一次受創的家園，來義村的排灣族人難過得說不出話來，強忍著淚水，著手收拾殘破的家園。